A Home Visit Program and Perceived Care Burden

Gazi University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Burden

Treatments: Other: A home visit program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05000606

77082166-604.01.0

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a home visit program provided to the caregivers of asthmatic patients on the perceived care burden. A randomized controlled trial was used. The sample consisted of 30 participants in the intervention group and 30 participants in the control group. A home visit program including education and counseling was applied to participants in the intervention group.

Full description

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a home visit program provided to the caregivers of asthmatic patients on the perceived care burden. A randomized controlled trial was used. The sample consisted of 30 participants in the intervention group and 30 participants in the control group. A home visit program including education and counseling was applied to participants in the intervention group. A total of five home visits over three months were performed. Data were collected by a personal information form, and the Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale (ZCBS).

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 64 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• giving care to a patient who was poorly controlled or uncontrolled asthma
• giving care to a patient who used an inhaler
• age 18 or over
• volunteering to participate to the study

Exclusion criteria

• having a disease with a neuro-psychiatric diagnosis
• having vision and hearing problems

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

A home visit program

Experimental group

Description:

A home visit program including five visits over three months were performed.

Treatment:

Other: A home visit program

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No other intervention was applied to the control group other than the standard education given in the outpatient clinic